A trio of hurricanes is churning in the Atlantic basin

Meet Irma, Jose and Katia, the three hurricanes churning in the Atlantic basin.

Hurricane Irma — a Category 5 storm — poses the most imminent threat as it bears down on the Caribbean, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, before it is expected to take a turn to the north and threaten the U.S., according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

On Wednesday afternoon, the NHC announced that the "quickly strengthening Jose" was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurrican. As of 5 p.m., Jose was moving west-northwest at 16 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

This isn't the first time there have been three hurricanes at once in the Atlantic basin.

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In 2010, three hurricanes churned in the Atlantic Basin, including Hurricane Igor, which struck Bermuda as a Category 1 storm and then later the Canadian island of Newfoundland as a tropical cyclone, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The last time three hurricanes were brewing in the Atlantic at the same time was in September 2010, Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University, tweeted on Aug. 31.

#Irma is now a major hurricane - the 2nd of 2017 Atlantic hurricane season & the first time since 2010 we've had 2 major hurricanes by 8/31. pic.twitter.com/RwPq9hrj1B

In the 1998 season, four hurricanes were in the Atlantic at the same time, including Hurricane Georges, a Category 4 storm that killed more than 600 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti and caused $2.8 billion in damage in the U.S., the Weather Channel reported.

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Four hurricanes were in the Atlantic at the same time in 1998, including Georges, a Category 4 storm that killed more than 600 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti and caused $2.8 billion in damage in the U.S., the Weather Channel reported.